Titanic: Ship of Dreams (Noiser) - “Storytelling takes precedence, but additional insights are provided by a bracingly eclectic roster of experts, among them Julian Fellowes and a Belfast tour guide whose great-grandfather went down with the ship. That personal connection is compelling and it’s not the only one.”

The Rest Is Football: Daly Brightness (Goalhanger) - “Throughout, they’re both supportive and challenging, showcasing a natural chemistry that makes for easy, but also surprisingly compelling listening. It’s worth noting, too, that not only are they women in a sportscasting arena still dominated by men, but unlike their podcasting stablemates Gary Lineker, Alan Shearer and Micah Richards they’ve yet to hang up their boots.”

Fiona Sturges in the FT

Titanic: Ship of Dreams (Noiser) - “Smart sound design brings to life the industrious sounds of the shipyard, with horns parping in the distance. The narrative is of course familiar, although — thanks to the testimony of assorted experts, historians and Julian Fellowes — there is enough detail that listeners may discover something new.”

Patricia Nicol in the Sunday Times is looking at how podcasters are covering Donald Trump

Gwilym Mumford in the Guardian’s Guide newsletter

Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer (CBC) - “Jeremiah Crowell, perhaps best known as the creator of HBO docu series The Anarchists, hosts this investigation into that strange, long-since memory-holed episode: who was responsible, and did the FBI arrest the right man?”

Also in the Guardian, Sam Wolfson analyses the recent trajectory of the world’s biggest podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience

Lucy White in the Irish Independent

Studio Radicals (dCS Audio) - “A new series interviewing eight women behind the mixing decks and writing desks ‘about their craft, process and adventures in music.’”

When Life Gives You Lemons (ind.) - “In early 2020, 36-year-old Emma Levy was living the dream, running her own private physiotherapy practice for elite athletes. The pandemic upended her new business but far worse was to come: in May she was diagnosed with breast cancer, underwent a double mastectomy, and endured several months of gruelling treatment.”

Good Hang (Spotify/The Ringer) - “She shoots the breeze with (so far) Martin Shortt, Rashida Jones and Ike Barinholtz.”